Sealing device for bottles



June 9, M W. H. BEIDER ET AL SEALING DEVICE FOR BOTTLES Filed NOV. 22,1934 K INVENTOR patented june 9, 1936 VSEALING DEVICE FOR. BOTTLESWarren H. Beider, Passaic, and Thomas M.

Cunningham, Upper Saddle River, N. J.

iApplication November 22, 1934, Serial No. 754,216

4 Claims.

Our invention relates to improvements in devices for sealing bottles andthe like.

In the sale of liquor and other commodities, the original bottles andcontainers of the usual type may be refilled with inferior andunauthorized imitations of the original and genuine contents andresealed in imitation of the original packages whereby the refilledpackages may be palmed oif and sold to unwary purchasers as genuine andoriginal packages, to the detriment of the manufacturer as well as thepurchaser. An object of our present invention is to provide meanswhereby it may be readily determined by inspection of the packagewhether the original package has been broken or opened. A further objectof the invention is to provide a simple and convenient means for sealingbottles and other containers. A further object of our invention is toprovide means whereby a bottle or other container may not be refilledand rescaled without detection.

We accomplish these and other objects by our present invention, apreferred embodiment of which is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of the neck of a bottleprovided with our improved sealing means,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same,

Figure 3 is an isometric View of the device, and

Figure 4 is a detail of a modified form of the device.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts, throughout theseveral views.

Our improved device, as illustrated in the drawing, includes a cap I ofbakelite, or other material, the side wall of which has internal threads2 which screw upon exterior threads 3 formed on the neck 4 of a bottle5. The cap-body l is provided with an integral collar 6, towhich it isattached or connected by means of a plurality of integral spacing webs8, 9, l0 and II, which form frangible connecting means between the bodyportion I of the cap I and its collar 6. The collar 6 is preferablyelf-set from the vertical plane of the side wall of the cap-body so thatthe webs are inclined to the vertical plane. Portions of the cap-body l'intermediate the said webs 8, 9, I0 and II may be cut away as at I2 andI3 and the said webs may be scored 0r indented as at M to provide afracture line at or adjacent the junction of the said webs and thecap-body or at such other place as may be desired, whereby portions ofthe webs or of the adjacent cap-body or both will fall away when broken,so that the webs may notbe easily restored to their original appearanceafter being broken as herein de-' scribed.

The neck 4 of the bottle 5 is preferably provided with annular shouldersl5 and 16. The shoulder I5 is positioned adjacent the base or lower edgeof the body portion l of the cap I when the said cap is placed on theneck of the bottle, and the shoulder I6 is positioned to receive thelower marginal edge of the collar 6 which may be provided with asharpened face adapted to be seated in a groove I! in the shoulder I6.

In the modified form of the device illustrated in Figure 4, an annularflange 20 on the shoulder I6 is bent up while the glass is in plasticcondition, whereby a deepgroove 2| is formed above the shoulder It inwhich the collar 6 is seated. The upper lip 22 of the upturned flange 20may extend above the plane of the shoulder l5 and the points of fractureof the said webs to provide a protective guard or shield. The processwhereby the flange 20 is bent up, is reserved for a separate applicationfor patent.

A gasket 19 may be provided within the cap I, in the usual manner, toprevent leakage.

The collar 6, of the cap I, is provided with a coating of insoluble andheat resistant adhesive material or bonding substance adapted tosecurely and permanently bond the said collar 6 to the bottle. Thebottle is filled in any desired manner and the cap I is then placedthereon and screwed down to its desired seated position as shown in thedrawing. The adhesive or bonding agent is then allowed to dry and setthus bonding the collar 6 permanently to the bottle neck and the bottlemay not then be opened without breaking the cap. We do not limitourselves to any particular means of securing the cap to the bottle andour invention contemplates any means whereby the cap may be fastened tothe bottle in such manner that it may not be detached without breakingthe cap or bottle. In the form of the device illustrated and described,the portion of the cap which is most easily broken is at the webs. Toopen the bottle, the cap I may be turned or rotated whereby the webswill break permitting the cap I to be removed from the bottle. Thesewebs cannot be restored to their original appearance except at aconsiderable expense and to remove the cap and thereafter restore thewebs so that the restoration may not be readily detected uponinspection, is impractical.

It will thus be apparent that after the seal has been broken there isprovided an efficient safeguard against the re-use of the bottle as anoriginal and unbroken package, and the fact that the package has beenbroken will be obvious on inspection.

The outer surface or periphery of the cap body I may be milled as at 20to provide a convenient finger hold.

It is to be understood that the structure embodying our invention, asabove described, is intended to be illustrative of the invention andthat we do not limit ourselves to the details of the structure thusshown and described but that modifications and changes may be madetherein without departing from the invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

1. A device of the character described comprising in combination, abottle, a cap thereon, a collar integral with the cap and spacedtherefrom, bonding means between the bottle and the said collar, andspacing Webs between the said cap and the said collar fracture lines inthe cap adjacent said spacing webs whereby a portion of the cap withinsaid fracture lines will be broken away when the cap is removed from thebottle.

2. A device of the. character described, comprising in combination, abottle having a neck, a grooved shoulder on the said neck an upstandingfiange on said shoulder, a cap on the bottle, a collar integral with thesaid cap and spaced therefrom and bonded in the said grooved shoulder,and covered by said upstanding flange, and spacing webs integral withthe said cap and collar and adapted to be broken when the cap is removedfrom the bottle.

3. In a device of the character described, the

combination of a bottle having a mouth, a shoulder on said bottleadjacent to the said mouth, a second shoulder below the said first namedshoulder, a groove in said last named shoulder, two of the walls of saidgroove forming an acute angle, an upstanding flange on said secondshoulder extending therefrom above the plane of the first mentionedshoulder, a frangible cap on said bottle comprising a body portion and acollar portion and intermediate spacing webs connecting the said twolast mentioned portions of the cap, said collar portion having a sharpedge seated in the said angular groove in the second shoulder, saidcollar being covered by said upstanding flange on said last mentionedshoulder, bonding means securing said collar to said bottle, andfracture lines formed in said cap adjacent said spacing webs, wherebyportions of said cap adjacent said webs will be broken away when thecapis removed from the bottle.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination of a bottlehaving a mouth, a shoulder on said bottle adjacent to the said mouth, asecond shoulder below said first named shoulder, a groove in said secondshoulder, a frangible cap on said bottle comprising a body portion, acollar portion and intermediate spacing webs connecting the said lastmentioned portions of the cap, bonding means securing said collar tosaid bottle, and fracture lines formed in said cap adjacent to saidspacing webs whereby portions of said cap adjacent said webs will bebroken away when the cap is removed from the bottle.

WARREN H. BEIDER. THOMAS M. CUNNINGHAM.

